Sunday, February 2, 2014

The Super Bowl, Football Stadiums and Model Railroads

So I’m watching the Super Bowl and wondering: What's wrong with the Broncos?

That, and this as well: Has
anyone ever put a football stadium on a layout?

There are lots of layouts with baseball
fields,like my brother-in-law's old Cougar River Subdivison. Most of the fields are small, often just sandlots, although a few museum layouts have incorporated
large stadiums and fields (as you can see below).

But a football stadium of any size? I
can’t find one.

I did find the amazing replica of Giants
stadium below, but it doesn’t have a train.

The stadium can feature either a baseball or
football field, depending on the season, and can seat 40,000 spectators—there are
“only” 24,000 in it now. (The field will go where the hole is right now.) It
can also be illuminated for night games.

Then there’s this O scale replica of
Ebbets Field, made by Imagine That Laser Art of Ontario. Measuring 14-1/2
feet by 17-1/2 feet, it is part of 12,000 square foot
layout. (That must be something to see!)

Since Ebbets Field was used for football
and baseball, perhaps it qualifies as a football stadium. More photos canbe found here.

Similarly, this S scale replica of
Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field was also used for football, although once again it is
set up for baseball at the Carnegie Science Center’s layout.

But back to football stadiums (as the Seahawks are
running away with the game in this, the first half). The Amarillo, TX Railroad
Museum layout reportedly has a model of the West Texas State University's
Buffalo Stadium to hide a helix. The layout diagram shows the location of the
stadium, but I can’t find any photos.

If you go to England, you can find models of football
stadiums, er, soccer stadiums, that is. Like this one of Old Trafford. No trains,
though. More photos here.

Meanwhile, in the Super Bowl, Seattle
has scored on an interception, Denver has turned it over on downs. It looks like a blowout, not the kind of game I was hoping for. I don’t care who wins; I just cheer for a
good game. So far, it is not a good game. But the models on this page are
pretty amazing!

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